UNIFIED YOUNG ARMENIANS DEMAND RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE Unified Young Armenians Organize Annual Demonstration in Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Little Armenia, Hollywood, CA, April 24, 2012 -- The first genocide of the 20th Century, the Armenian Genocide, remains unrecognized by the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey. Unified Young Armenians, Inc. (UYA) has organized its annual mass demonstration, in participation with leaders of the Armenian-American community and the general public. On April 24, 1915, the Young Turks carried out their plan to annihilate the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire. It became the prototype for all genocides following thereafter. The mass extermination and systematic killings resulted in the massacre of 1.5 million innocent Armenian men, women, and children. For the past 97 years, this crime against humanity has gone unpunished. The descendants of the Ottoman Empire -- the Republic of Turkey -- refuse to acknowledge the guilt of their ancestors and continue to blackmail, to bribe, and to lie in order to conceal the truth. The protest will begin at 10:00 AM at the intersection of Hollywood and Hobart Boulevards. Among the participants will be genocide survivors, politicians, human rights activists, government officials, and intellectuals. Prominent members of the community have been invited to participate and to speak at the closing ceremony, which will take place at 12:00 PM. In 1918, former ...